There are many uses for QR or Quick Response codes

to be used. Business cards, flyers,
brochures and many other marketing materials are now using the codes to
generate new business. Product and packaging tags, event tags, menus,
tickets and point of sale receipts are now using QR codes due to their
quickness in reading. QR codes have the ability to give directions to a
business, deliver coupons, specials, discounts, mp3 downloads and forms,
services and products and the possibilities are endless. Airline
tickets are now using QR codes as a boarding pass due to their
speediness to check in and their ease of use.

The
possibilities and potential for using QR codes are limitless and is the
new generation of bar codes that hold a wide array of information. The
content is effective with an embedded code to scan with easy access. The
phenomenon is rapidly sweeping the nation and all over the world being
used by a variety of different industries. Bar codes are horizontal
while a QR code is only a square box with far more information stored.
The hidden text via using your smartphone will then decipher the code to
view what is stored in the QR code. It could be a map, discounts, tags,
coupons or anything and is easily deciphered.

These fancy new
bar codes are loaded with information that a normal bar code can not do.
In turn, QR codes are smart tags that can easily be created, track, and
managed through a variety of different platforms. There are many
diverse decoding software tools available to interpret the codes in a
simple app download. The codes are small in size holding a lot of
content and very popular in Japan. Inventory, logistics, tracking,
marketing and advertising can be generated using QR codes. Instructions
for students can now be read through smartphones easier and faster.

QR codes link the physical world to the virtual world providing
instantaneous access to languages and resources, objects and locations
and the possibilities are endless with what they can do. This new form
of technology distributes information at the fastest rate available to
anyone anywhere in the world. This global technology capability enables
an enormous amount of information to be stored in a small black and
white square and is rapidly becoming used in everything we see.

There is no end to the possibilities using quick response codes in this
technology generation we live in. It features an amazing amount of data
in a small symbol easily recognized by many platform users of
smartphones and other mobile devices making life simpler with a touch.
The world is on the go and mobile and each user enjoys the fact of
carrying their smartphone delivers them a world of information at a
glance.